Our Faculty and Staff

Faculty

Judith Casselberry

Geoffrey Canada Associate Professor of Africana Studies, Chair of Africana Studies Department

Tess Chakkalakal

Professor of Africana Studies and English

Brian Purnell

Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History, on leave for the 2026–2027 academic year

Michele Reid-Vazquez

E. Frederic Morrow Associate Professor of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies and Africana Studies, Director of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies Program

Bianca Williams

Matthew D. Branche Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Anthropology

Staff

Elizabeth H. Palmer

Academic Department Coordinator for Africana Studies and the Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies Program

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Faculty Emeriti

Randolph Stakeman
Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies Emeritus